The Best Vinaigrette Recipe

Light, fresh and simple this lemon based dressing is the best vinaigrette recipe for salads, sauces, dressings and marinades.

Fancy Cuisine and Camping?

A few months ago we went camping at a KOA Campground that just so happened to have a really nice restaurant on site.

As in – oysters on the half shell, really nice bottle of red wine, and delicious steak dinner kind of restaurant. Not what I am used to when camping, but I am certainly not complaining. In fact, I would probably go camping much more if they had meals like this available at the campgrounds.

In addition to the wonderful food we had, I absolutely loved the mixed greens because they were dressed with the most delicious vinaigrette I’ve ever had.

It really was that good. Enough to make the plain old mixed greens stand out as a highlight of the meal. So obviously really, really good.

The Best Vinaigrette Recipe

So once we got home from camping, I immediately took an hour long shower because…camping duh.

Then I went into the kitchen and got to work on perfecting a replica of this heavenly vinaigrette.

I made about 40 different variations of this recipe. Tweaking small things like less of lemon or a pinch more of salt. All the kitchen madness paid off because I finally recreated the best vinaigrette recipe. I now use this all the time at my house, especially now that citrus is in season.

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The Best Vinaigrette Recipe

Light, fresh and simple this lemon based dressing is the best vinaigrette recipe for greens, salads, roasted vegetables or a marinade for chicken or fish. 

Course Appetizer, dressing, marinade, sauce

Cuisine French, Mediterranean

Keyword dressing, lemon, marinade, mediterranean diet, olive oil, vinaigrette

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Author Brynn at The Domestic Dietitian

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp lemon juice about 1.5 lemons
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1 tsp dijon mustard
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1/2 cup olive oil

Instructions

• Add lemon juice, garlic, dijon, salt and pepper to bowl or jar. Slowly drizzle in olive oil while whisking and continue until well combined. 

Vinaigrette Uses & Similar Stuff

Not only does this vinaigrette recipe taste great on salads, but it works as a great marinade for chicken or as a finishing sauce on fish like salmon or cod.

This vinaigrette would taste amazing over this Spring Vegetable Salad as well.

If you are heading camping soon and not lucky enough to have a restaurant onsite, I’ve got some great camping meal ideas for you!